Big Brother the toilet troll
Um, what would the price premium be for a toilet that operates as a stoolie? 10X? 20X? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to become a standard. Ever seen the commodes in Japan with all sorts of knobs and switches? Reminds me of a joke I heard about same long ago. Rather than take serious risks leave the bells and whistles alone and use the compatibility mode. Poop jokes on CP. Jeesh. Mike
Funny, I just read a piece in a medical journal about these. They were talking about a approx. $1500 price tag, which is not too outrageous. mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
Um, what would the price premium be for a toilet that operates as a stoolie? 10X? 20X? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to become a standard. Ever seen the commodes in Japan with all sorts of knobs and switches? Reminds me of a joke I heard about same long ago. Rather than take serious risks leave the bells and whistles alone and use the compatibility mode.
Poop jokes on CP. Jeesh.
Mike
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
Um, what would the price premium be for a toilet that operates as a stoolie? 10X? 20X? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to become a standard.
The hell of it is, this provides a useful function. The only thing that makes it invasive is that it communicates with people OTHER than the one whose poop it's analyzing. I'd actually pay a substantial amount of money to have a "health monitor" system in place -- to alert *me* to any problems or parasites in my gut, so that *I* could take appropriate action (or not, as I choose). Why the hell does this guy want it to talk to people other than the one with the health interest? Bear
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